http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/19/would-you-pay-250-for-book-annotations-why-the-idpf-needs-a-standard-for-shared-annotations/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/19/would-you-pay-250-for-book-annotations-why-the-idpf-needs-a-standard-for-shared-annotations/comment-page-1/#comment-666398 Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » Annotated eBooks? Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:59:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/19/would-you-pay-250-for-book-annotations-why-the-idpf-needs-a-standard-for-shared-annotations/#comment-666398 [...] regular Google Alert for major SF awards has turned up an interesting post on a blog dedicated to eBooks. The post starts by noting that Michael Andre-Driussi’s Lexicon Urthus is currently going for [...] [...] regular Google Alert for major SF awards has turned up an interesting post on a blog dedicated to eBooks. The post starts by noting that Michael Andre-Driussi’s Lexicon Urthus is currently going for [...]

]]> http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/19/would-you-pay-250-for-book-annotations-why-the-idpf-needs-a-standard-for-shared-annotations/comment-page-1/#comment-664924 Mary M Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:47:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/19/would-you-pay-250-for-book-annotations-why-the-idpf-needs-a-standard-for-shared-annotations/#comment-664924 I discovered the hard way that annotations on Kindle books are very skittish. If you move a book from Kindle memory to an SD card or anywhere else, you look bookmarks, highlights, and annotations. They may remain in a clippings text file, but they're permanently divested from the book. I confirmed that sad fact with Kindle customer service. I discovered the hard way that annotations on Kindle books are very skittish. If you move a book from Kindle memory to an SD card or anywhere else, you look bookmarks, highlights, and annotations. They may remain in a clippings text file, but they’re permanently divested from the book. I confirmed that sad fact with Kindle customer service.

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